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Tulip time: It wouldn’t be spring without tulips. Enjoy a bounty of tulips in a colorful array at Hofstra University’s annual festival on Sunday. While there, browse among the many Dutch-inspired items at the vendor’s market, such as clogs, below.

Tulips by the thousands at Hofstra Dutch Festival

Colorful tulips attract thousands each year to Hofstra University for one of Long Island’s enduring traditions, the Hofstra University Dutch Festival. more

Karen Bloom | 4/28/10

In I.P., school officials preserve programs, make tough choices

The Island Park school board unanimously approved its proposed $32.5 million budget — a $1.29 million increase over the current spending plan — on April 20. The proposal preserves programs and … more

Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello | 4/28/10

Oceanside Board of Ed adopts budget

The Oceanside Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2010-11 budget last week, finalizing a proposal that residents will vote on on May 18. Although residents face an increase in school taxes … more

Anthony Rifilato and Alex Costello | 4/28/10

Dana Masterson, a seventh-grader at School #9, plants the school's Leyland Cypress tree at Schoolhouse Green on April 22 during the school district's Earth Day ceremony.

Going green, one tree at a time

Oceanside High School senior Chris Williams remembers when he realized the importance of being environmentally friendly. It was during his sophomore year, during World Outreach Week, when he learned … more

Anthony Rifilato | 4/28/10

School board races are off

The race for a seat on the Board of Education in Island Park kicked off last week, with two challengers running for current trustee Barbara Speight's seat, a five-year member of the board who is … more

Anthony Rifilato | 4/28/10

Central seniors will once again model suit and gowns for the annual fundraising fashion show.

Central High School fashion show May 6

The Valley Stream Central/Memorial PTSA will hold its annual Scholarship Dinner Dance and Fashion Show. on Thursday, May 6. It will take place at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave. in Baldwin, from 7 to 11 p.m. more

4/27/10

Heroin, a slave master that kills

Heroin addicts describe their first high as the ultimate escape, a 20-hour fix starting with a pleasure rush that races from the tip of the tongue throughout the body and steadily progresses toward hallucinations that transfix a user in a state of semiconscious euphoria. more

4/23/10

Saving Spaceship Earth — with science

“I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process — an integral function of the universe.” — R. Buckminster Fuller, 1970 more

Scott Brinton | 4/23/10

Oceanside High School students Chris Williams, Casey English and Amy Gardner had the chance to speak to students in Haiti via live video-conference.

Global interaction

A small group of students from Oceanside High School had the rare opportunity to speak with their peers in Haiti via live video conference last month. The conference was hosted by Global Nomads … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 4/21/10

Island Park school taxes going up in 2010-11

At a meeting on April 12, the Island Park School District unveiled the revenue side of its budget, which includes a 2.83 percent increase in the district’s tax levy. The levy, increasing from … more

Alex Costello | 4/21/10

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